Why cloud over on-premises in AWS - See It in Action

Why Cloud Over On-Premises

📖 Scenario: You are working with a small company that currently uses on-premises servers to run their applications. They want to understand why moving to the cloud could be better for their business.

🎯 Goal: Build a simple AWS infrastructure example that shows the benefits of cloud over on-premises by creating a scalable and easy-to-manage setup.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a dictionary called on_premises_resources with keys 'servers' and 'maintenance_cost' and values 5 and 2000 respectively

Create a variable called cloud_scalability and set it to True

Create a dictionary called cloud_resources with keys 'instances' and 'monthly_cost' and values 3 and 1500 respectively

Add a key 'auto_scaling' with value True to the cloud_resources dictionary

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Companies often compare costs and flexibility before moving from physical servers to cloud services.

💼 Career

Cloud architects and IT managers need to explain and plan cloud migrations using clear data.

1

Create on-premises resource data

Create a dictionary called on_premises_resources with keys 'servers' set to 5 and 'maintenance_cost' set to 2000.

AWS

# Create the on-premises resource dictionary
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Think of on_premises_resources as a list of what the company owns and pays for.

2

Add cloud scalability variable

Create a variable called cloud_scalability and set it to True to represent that cloud resources can scale easily.

AWS

on_premises_resources = {'servers': 5, 'maintenance_cost': 2000}
# Create cloud scalability variable
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Cloud scalability means you can add or remove resources easily.

3

Create cloud resource data

Create a dictionary called cloud_resources with keys 'instances' set to 3 and 'monthly_cost' set to 1500.

AWS

on_premises_resources = {'servers': 5, 'maintenance_cost': 2000}
cloud_scalability = True
# Create cloud resources dictionary
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Cloud resources are virtual machines you rent and pay monthly.

4

Add auto scaling to cloud resources

Add a key 'auto_scaling' with value True to the cloud_resources dictionary to show automatic scaling capability.

AWS

on_premises_resources = {'servers': 5, 'maintenance_cost': 2000}
cloud_scalability = True
cloud_resources = {'instances': 3, 'monthly_cost': 1500}
# Add auto scaling key to cloud_resources
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Auto scaling means the cloud can add or remove instances automatically based on demand.